2015

Isle of Wight has kicked off the festival season and Glastonbury is soon to follow, but if you're off to a festival this summer, there are a number of steps you can take to ensure your belongings are protected.

About 167,000 homeowners, including 71,000 pensioners, who are struggling to pay their mortgage will see their mortgage benefit payments fall by a typical £756 a year from next month.

Ryanair tried to seat a three-year-old away from her horrified parents on a flight from Portugal to Liverpool. The budget airline is one of at least five that operates a 'family tax', where the only way to guarantee parents and their children are seated together is to pay for allocated seating.

Communications regulator Ofcom is forcing broadband providers to let customers walk away from contracts at any point if speeds fall below "acceptable levels".

New sign-ups to the online TV and movie streaming service Netflix will pay more for their monthly membership from today.

Users of certain Apple devices will soon be able to pay for goods at some UK retailers including Boots and Starbucks and for travel on Transport for London simply by touching their handset or watch to a contactless reader.

If you're planning to hire a car either here in the UK or abroad you may need to show a code from today, as the paper counterpart of photocard driving licences is being replaced with a new online system.